Re: OT; I'm Tired

2022-03-12 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 08:19:28PM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: > Many of the older Canon/Nikon shooters in the nature photography group I'm > involved with have switched to Four Thirds (micro four thirds?) mirrorless > systems. > > A 150-400 lens in that system apparently has an 35mm equivalent of

Re: PESO x2: A couple more landscapes

2022-03-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Both very lovely ann On 3/12/2022 4:47 AM, David Mann wrote: I've been going through some more 6x7 scans... Milford Sound at Dusk: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1056/#peso A River in Fiordland: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1163/#peso (The equipment specified for this one is a guess)

Re: OT; I'm Tired

2022-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
FWIW, when a used Pentax FA-600/4 showed up at KEH, it only cost me slightly more than I paid for my Jeep, and thanks to the Covid stimulus checks I was able to pay it off in 2 years (instead of 3 like I expected). On 3/11/2022 11:41 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The Sony RX10 IV is listed as

Re: OT; I'm Tired

2022-03-12 Thread John Sessoms
Many of the older Canon/Nikon shooters in the nature photography group I'm involved with have switched to Four Thirds (micro four thirds?) mirrorless systems. A 150-400 lens in that system apparently has an 35mm equivalent of 300-800mm ... and costs slightly less than Canon/Nikon big glass.

Like a turd in an elevator

2022-03-12 Thread Larry Colen
I’m only 30 seconds in to the video and he describes Tony Northrup's video on ISO like a turd in an elevator, it’s wrong on so many levels. If it continues like this, it’ll be gold! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwRsWomRzVQ It sounds like Tony Northrup is today’s Kennyboy. -- Larry Colen

Re: PESO - Tree In Corn Stubble Field

2022-03-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 5:25 PM ann sanfedele wrote: > Lovely shot , Mark -- it looks like an etching or fine serograph.. > > THe original post didn't come into my mailbox .. btw - > Tree to big to fit in.:-) Dave > > ann > > On 3/11/2022 2:22 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 11.03.22 um

Re: OT; I'm Tired

2022-03-12 Thread Alan C
Eish! Alan C On 12-Mar-22 03:14 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: i am moving in the opposite direction (perhaps because i am rather youngish at 59?). i've just sold my k3ii + sigma 150-500 (combined, 2.7kg) and got myself a nikon d500 + nikkor 200-500/5.6 (3.2 kg). i hope i survive. in case i don't, i

Re: OT; I'm Tired

2022-03-12 Thread Subash Jeyan
i am moving in the opposite direction (perhaps because i am rather youngish at 59?). i've just sold my k3ii + sigma 150-500 (combined, 2.7kg) and got myself a nikon d500 + nikkor 200-500/5.6 (3.2 kg). i hope i survive. in case i don't, i do have the k5iis and the HD 55-300 as a backup :) ~subash

Re: OT; I'm Tired

2022-03-12 Thread Alan C
Henk, I agree (also 78) but in my case a K5 & HD 55-300. BTW, great images. The K5 doesn't do that well. Alan C On 12-Mar-22 01:45 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: (resent, cropped to < 10 kb) My rather lightweight walk-around gear now (I'm 78 y) is just the K-70 with the 55-300 PLM and that is OK for

Re: OT: The vagaries of rainfall

2022-03-12 Thread Alan C
Increase: Having to cut the grass more often & a weed population explosion! Generally the bush is getting denser. Mopane trees, in scrub form, are slowly taking over grasslands in Kruger - good for the prey, difficult for the predators & game-viewers. Occasional wildfires are a natural form of

Re: OT; I'm Tired

2022-03-12 Thread Henk Terhell
(resent, cropped to < 10 kb) My rather lightweight walk-around gear now (I'm 78 y) is just the K-70 with the 55-300 PLM and that is OK for most of the animals I see. No need to crawl in on the ground for flowers or mushrooms and I can focus on anything from a meter distance.. Though I'm not a keen

PESO x2: A couple more landscapes

2022-03-12 Thread David Mann
I've been going through some more 6x7 scans... Milford Sound at Dusk: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1056/#peso A River in Fiordland: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1163/#peso (The equipment specified for this one is a guess) Cheers, Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To